Also, my 9 yr old son is really wanting to get into it as well. He wanted to tie some flies so we did some together. He wanted his own box to put them in and wants me to buy him a fly rod. He now has his own little box of flies he made himself (2) and I told him I'd wait on the rod until after we determined he'd take to instruction first.
Just found out the date for the next Fly fishing 101 clinic by Orvis and I'll take him out there so that we can get formal instruction together (the Orvis online videos are actually pretty good in getting you started on your own and that is how I got started.)
Stay tuned... in a couple of weeks, maybe, just maybe, I'll be able to post pictures of his first fly fish. Of course, the biggest hurdle is seeing if he is patient enough to learn and go without catching alot of fish at first. Serioulsy, after being able to catch just about anything with a live worm, it can be challenging to learn how to trick them with the fake stuff.
Just found out the date for the next Fly fishing 101 clinic by Orvis and I'll take him out there so that we can get formal instruction together (the Orvis online videos are actually pretty good in getting you started on your own and that is how I got started.)
Stay tuned... in a couple of weeks, maybe, just maybe, I'll be able to post pictures of his first fly fish. Of course, the biggest hurdle is seeing if he is patient enough to learn and go without catching alot of fish at first. Serioulsy, after being able to catch just about anything with a live worm, it can be challenging to learn how to trick them with the fake stuff.
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